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Showing posts with label tradition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tradition. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Shop Local: Poultry Farm Shop

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This blog post combines two of my favorite things: Falconry and shopping in local farm shops! It's perhaps not a post for vegetarians, b...
Monday, March 4, 2019

Manners and Etiquette: Knigge Part 1

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In German, Knigge represents proper social behavior one should practice in pleasant company. The term comes from the man who first publishe...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

Silvester in Germany

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As New Year's Eve approaches I thought I would write about the local traditions which make this night special and memorable. First of ...
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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Just Another Dirty Thursday

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I could have saved my "Here we go again" title for today. It's Schmotziger Donnerstag , or, as I like to call it, "Dirty ...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Dreikönigstag 20*C+M+B+16

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For long-time readers, this is an old post slightly edited and updated for this year with new photos taken moments ago. Today is Dreikönig...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

Loving Southern Germany 4: The Holidays

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As I have written before, southern Germany has been historically predominantly Catholic. Although I don't know a lot of Germans who regu...
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Friday, December 4, 2015

Sankt Nikolaus and His Shady Buddy

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December 6th is Nikolaustag in many parts of the Western world. Children go to bed the night before after hanging their stockings at the fi...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

11. November, Martinstag

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Martinstag sneaked (snuck, for American and Canadian readers) up on me this year! I should have wished M well, I should have made a reserva...
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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Southern Germany: Wegkreuze

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If you go walking, cycling, or running in southern Germany, you're bound to pass one  dozens of these. This is called a Wegkreuz  or Fel...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Vatertag / Father's Day 2015

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Today is Father's Day in Germany! In honor of the occasion I am reposting last year's write-up about the day. Nothing has changed ab...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Schmotziger Donnerstag, or Dirty Thursday

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I wrote the following post last year, but I think it's appropriate to resurrect it for today with a few minor updates and new pictures. ...